DCHP-3

Missouri cattle

Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of buffalo (def. 2) native to the great plains, a smaller species than the wood buffalo.

Quotations

1890
The southern or "Missouri cattle," as they were called by the plain hunters, varied in some degree from those of the Saskatchewan. They were long-backed and heavy, the full grown cow often dressing to five hundred pounds and over of clean meat.